Sign-holder.



D. A. BRUMBAUGH.

SIGN HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED 111111, 1012.

Patented May 13, 1913.

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SIGN HOLDER.

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1,061,261. Patented May 13, 1913.

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QM/ mums UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DENFORD A. BRUMBAUGH, OF BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA.

SIGN-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DENFonn A. BRUM- BAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Broken Arrow, in the county of Tulsa and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in Sign- Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved sign holder and has for its object the provision of an inexpensive, durable and convenient holder for signs for out door advertising, particularly at road crossings and the like.

The invention as hereinafter particularly claim-ed will now be described in detail in connect-ion with the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the frame of a sign holder in condition for shipment and prior to mounting; Fig. 2 is a similar view of a sign holder mounted for the re oeption of signs; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the mounted sign holder; Figs. 4. and 5 are details of the brace members disassociated from the frame and prior to their assembling; Figs. 6 and 7 are details respectively of the end and side frame mmbers prior to assembling; Fig. 8 is a detail perspective of the retaining strip. Fig. 9 is a fragmentary perspective showing the overhanging margin of the frame member.

The improved sign holder comprises essentially a skeleton frame of noncorrodible sheet metal such as galvanized iron or the like and consists of side members 1 and end members 2 which forms a holder of convenient size. The outer marginal edges of the side and end members are inturned to overhang as shown thus forming when the frame members are riveted together as shown at 5 a rectangular skeleton frame having inwardly opening opposed guide grooves 6 and 7 formed by the marginal 1nturned portion of the side members and grooves 3 and t on the end members. Overhanging margins 3 are slitted intermediate their length at 8.

The brace members 9 and 10 are each formed of similar sheet metal having both edges angularly bent as shown at 11 to form longitudinal strengthening ribs extending at substantially right angles to the plane of the strip except adjacent the ends where the said ribs are folded flat upon the strip. The two ends of one of the strips 9 are bent Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 1, 1912.

Patented May 13, 1 91 3.

Serial No. 694,471.

upon lines forming with the edge of the strip an angle of approximately forty degrees, as shown, the ends being offset upon the same side of the strip as the ribs while the ends of the other strip 10 are similarly bent but upon the side opposite the ribs. These strips in a sign are riveted together at their medial portion 12 to form a pivot connection therebetween. The sign holder in this shape is flat and in convenient shape for shipment or storage.

A suitable place having been chosen for the erection of the sign holder a rectangular post 18 is planted in the ground and the skeleton f 'ame is bent at right angles upon a line joining the two slits 8 and allixed to the post by nails or screws 14:. The trace members are then spread at an angle to each other and their extremities are detachably secured diagonally to the upper and lower corners of the skeleton frame by means of stove bolts or the like 15. These braces extend on the opposite side of the post inclosing the same within the space between the braces and the frame. It will be seen that when erected in this shape the skeleton frame forms two sign holders disposed at right angles to each other, each having guide grooves at its upper and lower side and atits extreme end. there being provided free access to the said grooves at the meeting angle of the two portions. A sign consisting of a piece of sheet metal, thin wood, pasteboard, or the like hearing suitable lettering can readily he slipped into one half of the holder from a direction perpendicular to the face of the other holder and a similar sign can he slipped into the second half of the holder from a direction perpendicular to the first half of the holder, the adjacent edges of the signs meeting at the angle. A retaining strip 16 is angularly bent longitudinally so as to give the same an L cross section. This retaining strip is then placed with its concave face over the meeting edges of the two signs and with its offset ends underneath the overhanging margins which may be slightly lifted for the purpose of inserting the strip and then pressed down into intimate contact therewith. The two signs will then appear as provided with a marginal frame and entirely surrounding the same.

The sign holder thus described may be duplicated upon the one post by the aranging of one above another to the number desired and these holders may be made larger or smaller to suit the requirements of the signs to be displayed.

I am aware that it is old to provide sign holders having grooves for the reception of removable signs and this I am not claiming broadly as my invention but an improvement in devices of this character which is advantageous from the standpoint of cheapness, durability and the ease of placing and replacing signs therein.

As best illustrated in Fig. 3, I provide braces 17 which are preferably formed of sheet metal, secured at their outer ends to the sheet metal frame of my device at the rear side and at the corners thereof, said brace bars 17 extending inwardly toward each other with their ends preferably overlapping and bent angularly, as indicated at 17, and secured by suitable fastening devices to the post 13 underneath and spaced from the fastening point 12. By this means, the sign holder is held rigidly in position and cannot be bent or swayed to and fro.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. In a sign holder a skeleton metal frame comprising side and end members fastened together and having inturned outer margins to form opposed grooves adapted to receive signs, the margins of the side members slitted intermediate their length, said frame bent at right angles along a line connecting with the slits, a post disposed Within the angle, suitable fastening devices securlng the frame to the post, a palr of braces each bolted at one end to an upper corner of the frame and at the other end to the opposite lower corner, said braces permanently pivoted together at the point of intersection and provided upon their exterior faces with upstanding longitudinal strengthening ribs, and a metal strip of L cross section spanning the frame at the exterior angle thereof and removably secured within the marginal grooves to cover the joint of the inserted signs.

2. In a sign holder, a skeleton metal frame comprising side members each consisting of a continuous strip bent at right angles at an intermediate portion and having an inturned edge to form a groove, a supporting post, the apices of said side members being secured to said post, end members each consisting tr a continuous strip having an inturned edge, the extremities of said side and end members being secured together, diagonal intersecting brace rods, each consisting of a continuous strip, permanently secured together at the point of their intersection, the extremities of said brace rods each being bent at an angle, and

means for securing the angular portions of said brace rods to the extremities of said vside and end members, substantially as described. I

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DENFORD A. BRUMBAUGH.

Witnesses G; B. CHENOWETH, PAUL HURD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C. 

